Soundboardd is a small local soundboard daemon that preloads audio files from a configuration file and plays them on request via a UNIX domain socket.
It supports zero-copy playback from in-memory preloaded files and prevents duplicate concurrent playback of the same audio file (restarts the single playback instance instead).
This is free and open source software.
Components:
- soundboardd — the daemon. Preloads files listed in the config file and listens on a UNIX socket for commands.
- sbctl — a tiny client used to send commands to the daemon (play a path, play a preloaded index, or ask the daemon to shutdown).
- soundboard.service — example systemd user service.
Website: gitlab.com/ashe.sterling/kiwi-soundboard
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Developer: Ashe Sterling
License: WTFPL v2.0
Soundboardd is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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